# Ansible deploy subtree failure on web/app/uploads directory

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/ansible-deploy-subtree-failure-on-web-app-uploads-directory/3986
**Category:** bedrock
**Tags:** deploys
**Created:** 2015-06-07T08:10:38Z
**Posts:** 12
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## Post 6 by @poggen — 2015-06-15T07:16:08Z

@swalkinshaw explained the way `subtree` works in [another thread](https://discourse.roots.io/t/best-practice-for-trellis-with-multiple-sites/3981/3):

> [@Best practice for Trellis with multiple sites](https://discourse.roots.io/t/best-practice-for-trellis-with-multiple-sites/3981/3):
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> `subtree` is only needed if the root of a Git repo is **not** “Bedrock” itself". (ie: your git repo starts with subfolders like `ansible` and `site`).

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